Brian Logan: The Brummie comic fails to see the funny side of the Channel 4 TV series. Plus, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David go for theatrical gold and a planned Richard Pryor biopic moves a step closer

Frank Skinner and Friends is the kind of night you'd enjoy in a club, indulging Skinner's winging-it mood and sidling to the bar when the harder-to-bear acts were on. A West End playhouse is less appropriate, writes Brian Logan